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Title: Environmental assessment: Buffalo Bill area 69-kV transmission lines, Cody, Wyoming

Abstract

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) proposes to remove two existing 34.5-kV transmission lines connecting Shoshone Powerplant-Heart Mountain Switchyard-North Cody Substation and replace them with a new 69-kV line. The new 69-kV line would connect the proposed Buffalo Bill Switchyard to North Cody Substation. An abandoned 69-kV line connecting Shoshone Powerplant and Heart Mountain Switchyard would be rebuilt and returned to service between Buffalo Bill Switchyard and Heart Mountain Switchyard. This action is proposed because the existing lines, built between 1922 and 1941, have reached the end of their useful life due to their deteriorated condition. In order to provide for the increased generation of the Shoshone and Buffalo Bill powerplants, the capacity of the existing transmission system into Buffalo Bill Powerplant must be upgraded to prevent overload and inevitable system interruptions. Reliability of service in the area would be improved by replacement of the existing deteriorated lines with new construction. 25 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE Western Area Power Administration, Washington, DC
OSTI Identifier:
5144423
Report Number(s):
DOE/EA-0282
ON: DE88008872
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; AIR QUALITY; COMPLIANCE; CONSTRUCTION; COST ESTIMATION; CULTURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LAND USE; MITIGATION; PLANNING; REGULATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY; WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION; WILD ANIMALS; WYOMING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FEDERAL REGION VIII; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RESOURCES; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; 510500* - Environment, Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989); 200300 - Electric Power Engineering- Power Transmission & Distribution- (-1989); 296002 - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power Transmission & Distribution- (-1989); 200203 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Waste Management- Site Selection & Land Use

Citation Formats

. Environmental assessment: Buffalo Bill area 69-kV transmission lines, Cody, Wyoming. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
. Environmental assessment: Buffalo Bill area 69-kV transmission lines, Cody, Wyoming. United States.
. 1986. "Environmental assessment: Buffalo Bill area 69-kV transmission lines, Cody, Wyoming". United States.
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abstractNote = {The Western Area Power Administration (Western) proposes to remove two existing 34.5-kV transmission lines connecting Shoshone Powerplant-Heart Mountain Switchyard-North Cody Substation and replace them with a new 69-kV line. The new 69-kV line would connect the proposed Buffalo Bill Switchyard to North Cody Substation. An abandoned 69-kV line connecting Shoshone Powerplant and Heart Mountain Switchyard would be rebuilt and returned to service between Buffalo Bill Switchyard and Heart Mountain Switchyard. This action is proposed because the existing lines, built between 1922 and 1941, have reached the end of their useful life due to their deteriorated condition. In order to provide for the increased generation of the Shoshone and Buffalo Bill powerplants, the capacity of the existing transmission system into Buffalo Bill Powerplant must be upgraded to prevent overload and inevitable system interruptions. Reliability of service in the area would be improved by replacement of the existing deteriorated lines with new construction. 25 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab.},
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year = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1986},
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